NAPLEX Pharmacy Exam Prep

Category - Medication

Ribavarin is a ____________ used to treat __________ that rarely has the adverse effect of inducing ____________.
  1. Serotonin antagonist, nausea and vomiting, paralysis
  2. Voltage-gated Na+ channel blocker, Parkinson’s disease, aplastic anemia
  3. Synthetic nucleoside analog, chronic hepatitis C, cardiac arrest
  4. HMG-CoA reductase inhibitor, hyperlipidemia, rhabdomyolysis
Explanation
Answer: C. Ribavarin is a synthetic nucleoside analog and is an antiviral agent used primarily to treat refractory hepatitis C. Other main adverse effects include suicidal ideation, blood dyscrasias, pneumothorax, pancreatitis and other respiratory effects.
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